Device for therapeutic application of smoke.



N0. 69|,732.- Patented Jan. 2|, I902. P. J. SGHREIBER.

DEVICE FOR THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION OF SMOKE.

(Application filed May 27, 1901.)

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ONITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

PHILIP J. SCHREIBER, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

DEVICE FOR THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION OF SMOKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,732, dated January 21, 1902.

Application filed May 27, 1901. Serial No. 62,167. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP J. SCHREIBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at T0- ledo, in the county of Lucas, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Article of Manufacture-a Device for the Therapeutic Application of Smoke-of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an exhalin g device; and the object of my invention is to provide simple and effective means for the external as Well as the orificial application of the smoke derived from certain gums, herbs, flowers,

barks, leaves, minerals, and from similar substances, even of such matter of organic origin as is of combustible nature, and for the external and orificial application of vapor and gas derived from volatile substances, said ap-' plication being for the purpose of mitigating sufiering, alleviating pain, curing diseases, and of destroying fungus, bacteria, micrococci, viociones, microzymes, and parasites of any nature on the diseased structureof the human body, with the additional advantage of notinterfering directly with the function of the digestive apparatus. I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated-in the accompanying drawings,- in which- Figure I represents a perspective view of my device ready for its attachment to a base or to its carrying-case. Fig. II represents the different parts disconnected from each other. Fig. III represents a sectional view of the device.

Like characters of reference denote correv sponding parts in the several figures of the drawings, referring to which- In Fig. II, A is a receiver with a cup-shaped hollow and having at its bottom perforation a, of which the small circular aperture is designated by letter 0?.

b is the neck of A and is provided on its outer wall with screw-thread c.

b is a shank provided on its outer wall with thread 0. V

b is a stem of A.

d is a perforation penetrating the wall of A at a small distance above shank b and is provided with female thread 6.

B is a cap having groovefrunning across center of top to serve as a guide for. slides, as pointed out later.

g is an orifice in center of groove somewhat narrower than groovefand of smaller diameter than the mouth of receiver and communicates with hollow h of cap,which has a much larger diameter.

1 represents screw-thread of hollow h. The depth of hollow. it corresponds exactly to the height of neck of receiver and forms coup ling to thread 0, and when united with its coupling the rim of cap rests on shoulder of receiver and the rim of mouth of receiver against roof of-cap.

p 1 2 3 4 designate'air-vents piercing the wall of cap at a small distance from roof and penetrates thread I.

O is a tank provided with extending flange J and is also provided on the upper part of its inner wall with female thread K.

c is a thread on the outside wall and upper portion of tank commencing directly under flange J and continuing a small distance down to 19 b is a stem of tank 0 and is smaller in diameter than thread 0 L is a vessel made of, glass, rubber, or of anyother acid-proof material, forming lining for tank 0.

D is a cover fitting closely over cap B and is provided with perforation gat its center,

which is provided with thread e. g is ofthe same diameter as g of cap B. D is provided with groove f .on the inner wall of roof and corresponds with f, a similar groove of cap.. 1

m m are perforations piercing the walls of cover near the top at opposite sides and communicate with groove f on both of its ends. m is provided with screw-thread 1 E represents floor-flange with stem-.E and is provided on its inner wall with female thread K. Hole of stem E is larger in diameter than that part of E on which thread ameter in its first than in its latter half, the first and larger part I designate by letter 29 and the smaller half by 13 1 represents a nut which in its outer diameter is smaller than perforation p and larger than part 192. Nut q is made fast in any manner known to tube 1', which is smaller in its circumference than 23 part of perforation in F and rotates in it.

s is a screw-thread on end of tube 7' on its outer wall. Nut q and tube r, however, can be made out of one piece.

M is a cap-nut knurled or milled on its face, thread of M fitting male thread 8 of tube 7'.

G represents a slide attached to screw N, which fits nut g.

G is a slide similar to G and is provided with a number of perforations or air-holes and is attached to shank F, which is'provided on its end with screw-thread s.

M is a cap-nut the thread of which fits thread 5.

Q is a tap provided on its ends with screwthreads 0 and 0 respectively. 0 fits thread e of receiver.

' O is a perforation of tap Q.

In Fig. I, V represents a rubber bag or bulb provided with inlet and exit air-valves it u on its respective ends. V is also provided with threads Y and Y for connection with R R, entrance and exit tubes which are made out of metal or of other material, preferably flexible material. R is provided with a hollow stud or connection-link c for its connec tion with catheter or with metal bulb, nozzle, 01- other appliance of the same class c which are provided with corresponding threads. R is provided with thimble 6 which is also screw-threaded for its connection with c of Q.

T is a cap-nut. Its thread fits thread a.

T represents a plug, which is used to close perforation a. of receiver when so desired.

Z is a small perforation through wall of cover D. Z is a similar perforation in side of wall of cap B.

To putthe parts together, they are arranged in the following manner: Floor-flange E is made fast to any base chosen, preferably to a plate attached to the carrying-case of the device, by means of screws or bolts 02 n Tank 0 is connected to flange E by means of threads 0 and 7t. Receiver A is connected with tank 0 in similar manner by the use of threads 0 and 7t. Gap Bis adjusted to receiverAby connecting screw-threads c and I. Slides G and G are now inserted in their places into groove f in such a manner that slide G clears the edge of groove and screw N protrudes in its full length out of groove. Screw N is now stopped through perforation m of cover D, which is adjusted over cap B and made fast to it by the insertion of pins into holes Z Z. Tube 1- is pushed into cylinder F until nut q comes in contact with the aperture of 19 the smaller partof perforation H, and end of tube 1', with its thread 3, pro:

trudes through F. Tube F is carried over screw N and attached to cover D by the corresponding threads 0 and I Nut q is now rotated by the use of 5 until q engages N, when M is screwed to s or fastened to it permanently in any known way. The rotation of M is now carried on until slide G pushes s, the end of shank attached to slide G, through perforation m. Then M is attached to 3. Tap Q is then connected to receiver A by threads 0 and e. R is attached to Q by the use of threads 0 and 6''. Bulb V, with its valves u and u, is attached to R by the use of threads at and y. Tube R is attached to V by the connection of threads :0 and y and (L or any other appliance of the same class is connected to R by the use of threads e and 6 The therapeutic application of the smoke of any substance is at present attended with almost unsurmountable difficulties and drawbacks. For example, in its administration in asthma, where itis commonly practiced and advocated, it is necessary that either the sufferer indulge in the smoking of cigarettes made of the leaves of a certain herb or that the sick-room be flooded with smoke by burning the leaves of the herb on a vessel supplied with a coal-fire. The first mode is not admissible in the case of feeble patients and children and is very embarrassing if the patient is a sensitive female. The latter mode of administration is a great hardship to attending friends of the sick and has the additional drawbacks that there is no control over the amount of smoke used. Its therapeutic application as an enemata (per rectum) is seldom practiced or altogether discarded, because the present mode of administration is revolting to the patient and attendant alike, although it is an acknowledged fact that the smoke of a certain plant injected into the rectum will overcome even such obstinate form of constipation as has resisted the action of injections of liquids or the administration of medicines by the way of the digestive organs.

The therapeutic application of smoke derived from minerals is mostly used for the cure of skin diseases and the destruction of parasites is at present attended with the exposure of patient. My device overcomes all these objections most happily and is divested of all disadvantages, as the flow can be directed to any part of the body withouttexposure, without waste of remedy, and without interfering with the respiratory organs. One of the great advantages obtained by using my device in the application of vapor and gas to an external part is that these remedies can be thrown with any degree of force desired against the seat of the disease with a great saving of the volatile substance and with better effect, as the vapor has to pass a small orifice before it reaches the tap of receiver.

The smoke used in my device is created by placing the substance to be burned into receiver A, which can more easily be done by TIC removing cap B and cover D, which are fas-' tened together. After substance has been placed in receiver cap B and cover D may be screwed back into place. Slide G is then to be removed from opening in cap and a lighted match or other burning flame held in front of opening g. Bulb V is pressed and substance will at once ignite. Slide G, which is provided with air-holes, is now pushed over perforation in center of cap B. If it be necessary to increase the draft, cap B and cover D are partially unscrewed from neck of receiver, whereby air-vents 1 2 3 4 will furnish the additional air required. The device while in use may remain attached to its carrying-case, or, if preferred, receiver alone can be used with essential appliances, in which case plug T is to be inserted with perforation a in order to stop the draft from below. Receiver A can also be used with tank 0 attached, in which case T can be dispensed with; but tank 0 is filled with water, which serves the purpose of stopping the draft from below and serves at the same time to draw in gases and impurities from the burning substance. If the operator wishes to watch the action, small pieces of cylindrical glass tubing can be inserted between sections of tubing R R. In instances where minerals are burned it may be expedient to reverse the valves by connecting c with c and a to e andoc to c, the smoke then findingits exit at anal end of a The application of gas and vapor derived from volatile substances can be carried out in either method described. The volatile substance is placed in L of tank 0, and if gas or vapor is to be applied to an external part of the body then a is connected to thread 0 of tap and the first method, as described above, for the application of ,smoke is employed. inhalation, then cap-n ut T is screwed to thread 0 of receiver, and tube R and a connected by thread a: to e of perforation g.

I am'aware that changes in the form and proportion of parts and details of construction of the devices herein shown and described as an embodiment of my invention can be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof,and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of the same.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is--- 1. A device for the therapeutic application of smoke, consisting of receiverA having perforation a and perforation d which is provided with screw-thread 6; tap Q provided with perforation O and having screw-thread c and thread a on its opposite ends; plug T inlet-tube R provided with thimble or screw-thread e and screw-thread on; rubber bulb or bag V; inlet-valve u and exit-valve u with their essential connections with bulb; exit-tube R provided on one end with hollow stud or connective link e and on the other If gas or vapor is to be applied by end with thread w and catheter, nozzle, pipe, bulb or needle a said parts being combined substantially as described.

2. A device for thetherapeutic application of smoke, consisting of receiverA having perforation a and perforation d which is provided with screw-thread e, and having shank b provided with thread a, and stem 12 tank 0 provided with extending flange J, female thread and stem b tap Q provided with perforation O,and screw-thread c and thread needle a said parts being combined substantially as described.

3. A device for the therapeutic application of smoke, consisting of receiver A provided with perforation a, and perforation d which is provided with screw-thread e; and shank I) provided with thread a, and stem 6 and has neck I) which is provided with thread 0; cap B having groove f, perforation g, and hollow h provided with screw-thread I, air-vents 1, 2, 3, 4 in wall of cap; slide G. to extinguish combustion and close draft; and perforated slide G for regulation of draft; tank 0' provided with thread 70 and stem b and having flange J acid-proof vessel L; tap Q provided with perforation O and screw-thread o and thread 0 on opposite ends; inlet-tubeR provided with thimble or thread a and thread so; rubber bag or bulb V; inlet-valve u and exitvalve u with essential connections on their respective ends and having threads Y, Y; exit-tube R provided on one end with hollow stud or connective link e and on the other with thread as and catheter, nozzle, pipe, bulb or needle (1 said parts being combined substantially as described.

4. A device for the therapeutic application of smoke, consisting of receiver A providedv with perforation a and perforation d, which is provided with screw-thread e, and shank b. which is provided with thread 0, and stem b and has neck 1) which is provided with thread 0, cap B having groove f, perforation g, hollow h, provided with screw -thread 1, airvents 1, 2, 3, 4 in wall of cap, perforationZ; slide G for the closure of draft; screw N; tube r; nut q; thread 3 on r; and perforated slide G for regulating draft, shank F; and cap-nut M; cover D havingperforation g which is provided with screw-thread e, perforation m having screw-thread I perforation m and perforation a; casing F provided with thread I nozzle, pipe, bulb or needle c floor-flange E tion 2; slide G and screw N; tube 1'; nut q;

thread 8 on r, cap-nut M; perforated slide Gr, shank F; cap-nutM; cover-D having perforation g which is provided with screwthread e; perforation m provided With screwthread 1 perforation .2, casing F provided with thread 0 and perforation H; tank O pro- Vided with flange J, thread 7; and thread and having shank b vessel L; tap Q its perforation O and screw-threads c and c on opposite ends; inlet-tube R provided with thimble or thread a and thread on; rubber bag or bulb V; inlet-valve u and exit-valve u, with essential connections on their respective ends to bulb and having threads Y, Y; exittube R provided on one end with hollow stud e and the other end with thread a: and catheter, nozzle, pipe,bulb orneedle a floor-flange E provided with thread K, stern E, holes a, n; screws or bolts n and 72 said parts being combined substantially as described.

Toledo, Ohio, April 30, 1901.

' PHILIP J. SOI-IREIBER. \Vitnesses:

O. S. CURTIS, OSCAR SCHREIBER. 

